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Course description:
Alive at 25 is a highly-effective four-hour course that serves as an excellent complement to standard driver education programs — and is also ideal for young drivers who incur traffic violations. Through interactive media segments, workbook exercises, role playing and more, young drivers develop convictions and strategies that will keep them safe on the road. Skill practice and on-the-spot defensive driving techniques help change bravado into confidence. In addition to language that resonates with young adults, there’s also emphasis on classroom participation. Participants are encouraged to join in non-threatening, non-judgmental discussions — exploring how changing driving behavior makes personal, legal and financial sense.
What young adults will learn:
• Why drivers ages 15 to 24 often underestimate risks
• The effects of inexperience, peer pressure and distractions such as cell phones, text messaging, MP3 players and GPS units
• The dangers of “kneeing” — or driving with your knees
• State and local driving laws
• Communication skills for assertiveness and being a young leader
• Responsibility of passengers
Since 1995, more than 850,000 young adults have learned life-saving defensive driving skills from Alive at 25 training.
The course addresses the number one cause of death for drivers ages 15 to 24 — motor vehicle crashes — and has been adopted by many states and courts for graduated licensing and traffic violator programs. This edition shows young drivers how to take greater responsibility for their driving behavior. A compelling video challenges participants to imagine life without them.
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The National Safety Council saves lives by preventing injuries and deaths at work, in homes and communities, and on the roads through leadership, research, education and advocacy.
By 2014, the council will save an additional 10,000 lives and prevent 1 million injuries. To achieve this goal, they will continue to partner with businesses, elected officials and the public to make an impact in areas such as distracted driving, teen driving, workplace safety, and safety in the home and community.
They encourage businesses and individuals to get involved, and they provide a variety of ways to do so.
Workplace safety and transportation have been critical areas of focus to the council since its inception in 1913. Over the years, increases in unintentional injury and death rates in the homes and communities have resulted in the council expanding it's focus to include safety in homes and communities.
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